Living independently while disabled

Not everyone who is disabled has people around them, not everyone wants people around them whether disabled or not, not as impossible as people may think.

For example in and around London this scheme is available

Independent Living Alternatives (ILA) is a social enterprise established in 1989 that enables disabled people to live independently. Many disabled people want self-control over their own lives and hire personal assistants to support this. ILA provides innovative and flexible alternatives to institutional and domiciliary “care” provision through a flexible range of personal assistance services informed by disabled people mainly but not exclusively in and around London.

Which offers help and support for anyone who wants to live on their own, there is also dog aid, which provides a dog home help, which offers companionship as well as lots of daily help, they can be found at www.dogaid.org.uk , www.support-dogs.org.uk/ is another group with dog partners who also offer seizure alert dogs vital for anyone living alone who suffers seizures.

There is another group that offers support, advice and practical help for anyone wishing to live independently, The Disability Living Foundation, seem to be a great place to get all that is needed.

If I wasn't married I think I'd rather live on my own than in care facility or at parents, these options aren't always the best ones and it's nice to know you can live as normal a life as you can with help from these groups that know what to do to achieve this. It would help you fulfill your life as everyone else, maybe even work, if your disability allowed it.